Bienvenue au Canada! Sip a coffee and munch on a Montreal bagel at one of Montreal\u2019s many sidewalk cafes; visit an Asian night market in Vancouver; take in a Broadway show or hockey game in Toronto; or breath in the fresh air in the many forests, mountains, and beaches across the great country of Canada!<\/p>\n
Get creative Pick a film Study some history Choose a book Fill up your plate For a truly Canadian meal, why not create your own sugar shack experience<\/a>? Start your meal off with a bowl of yellow pea soup<\/a>, followed by dishes like baked ham, scrambled eggs, sausages, tourtiere<\/a> (Quebec\u2019s famous meat pie), baked beans, cretons<\/a> (a pork-based p\u00e2t\u00e9), and deep-fried pork rinds known as oreilles de crises<\/em> (which translates literally to \u201cChrist\u2019s ears\u201d). At a traditional sugar shack, these dishes are either cooked with maple or dowsed in the stuff\u2013it\u2019s an absolute must to drizzle syrup on everything, even your bread and butter!<\/p>\n Learn the language Did you know? Bienvenue au Canada! Sip a coffee and munch on a Montreal bagel at one of Montreal\u2019s many sidewalk cafes; visit an Asian night market in Vancouver; take in a Broadway show or hockey game in Toronto; or breath in the fresh air in the many forests, mountains, and beaches across the great country of Canada! Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4878,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4876","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4876"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4881,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4876\/revisions\/4881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>In Canada, Indigenous People refers to the three Aboriginal groups which are First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. There are over 630 First Nations communities<\/a> in Canada, with more than half of them located in British Columbia and Ontario. Throughout these communities, more than 50 distinct languages are spoken. Historically, each community was self-governed and had its own culture and customs. Celebrate these unique cultures by colouring some Indigenous art<\/a>, reading this interview<\/a> on connecting cultures, and exploring work from Aboriginal artists at the National Gallery of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Canada include:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Canada became a country on July 1st<\/sup>, 1867, but various Indigenous people inhabited Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. Listen to some interesting Canadian history with the Cool Canadian History podcast<\/a>, where you will hear about nuns on the frontier, a Canadian Pirate Queen, the Canadian experience during D-Day, and more.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>While Canadian food is a true melting pot of international flavours, there are some classic Canadian gems like butter tarts, Saskatoon Berry pie, Beaver Tails, and poutine!<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Canada has two official languages: English and French. Learn some helpful Canadian phrases<\/a> and speak like a local by using these Canadianisms<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world at 243,977 kilometres (or 151,600 miles).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"